PPE 3003 exam 1 || All Answers Are Correct 100%.
what is the psychology of personality? correct answers Studying "an individual's characteristic
patterns of thought, emotion, & behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms- hidden
or not- behind those patterns"
is it possible to "know" a person? is it possible to know everything about someone at once?
correct answers - mission impossible
- choose to limit what you look at
- you must search for more specific patterns- certain types of observations
what does the author mean by "basic approaches" to studying personality? be able to differentiate
them correct answers - systematic, self-imposed limitation of this sort
- (paradigm)
trait approach correct answers - conceptualization of individual differences
- measurement of individual differences
biological approach correct answers - anatomy
- physiology
- genetics
- evolution
psychoanalytical approach correct answers - unconscious mind
- internal mental conflict
phenomenological approach correct answers - conscious awareness & experience
- humanistic psychology
- cross-cultural psychology
learning & cognitive approaches correct answers - behaviorism
- social learning theory
- cognitive personality psychology
can someone use multiple approaches to explore personality? or are they mutually exclusive?
correct answers - yes
- eclectic approach
- multiple perspectives are useful because one approach cannot sufficiently explain all of
personality
what is the psychological triad? correct answers how people feel, think, & behave
according to McAdams, what are the 3 levels of analysis for exploring psychology? correct
answers 1. dispositional traits
2. characteristic adaptations
3. life story/ narrative
, dispositional traits correct answers - person's general tendencies
characteristic adaptations correct answers - humans are "social actors"
- "we are what we pretend to be, must be careful"
situational factors & traits are influential
- free will? determinism?
- ex) leo decaprio
- goals, motives, life plans, beliefs, values, morals
- what is important to you right now?
TAKE AWAY MESSAGE:
- traits are static***
- personality is dynamic***
life story/ narrative correct answers - our personal mythology
- perceptions vs reality
- anticipated future (ideal self vs actual self) (possible self vs probable self)
- constantly evolving
- get data through interviews/ questionnaires
what is pigeonholing? how is/ isn't is problematic as it relates to personality psych? correct
answers - emphasis on categorization & how individuals are different from one another
- problematic???
- some people are uncomfortable with this emphasis on categorization bc implausible,
undignified, or both
- can work in either direction, according to Funder's 1st law
- people are different, & it is necessary as well as natural to wonder how & why
what is the difference btw an agency event and a communion event? correct answers agency:
- efforts to expand, assert, perfect & protect self
- mastery, status, achievement, responsibility, empowerment
- ex) the founder (mcdonalds movie)
communion:
- efforts to form bond
- love/ friendship, dialogue, caring/ help, unity/ togetherness
what is BLIS data? correct answers B- behavioral observations
L- life outcomes
I- informants reports
S- self reports
B data correct answers behavioral data:
- information that is carefully & systematically recorded from direct observation
- diaries, EARs (recorders)
what is the psychology of personality? correct answers Studying "an individual's characteristic
patterns of thought, emotion, & behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms- hidden
or not- behind those patterns"
is it possible to "know" a person? is it possible to know everything about someone at once?
correct answers - mission impossible
- choose to limit what you look at
- you must search for more specific patterns- certain types of observations
what does the author mean by "basic approaches" to studying personality? be able to differentiate
them correct answers - systematic, self-imposed limitation of this sort
- (paradigm)
trait approach correct answers - conceptualization of individual differences
- measurement of individual differences
biological approach correct answers - anatomy
- physiology
- genetics
- evolution
psychoanalytical approach correct answers - unconscious mind
- internal mental conflict
phenomenological approach correct answers - conscious awareness & experience
- humanistic psychology
- cross-cultural psychology
learning & cognitive approaches correct answers - behaviorism
- social learning theory
- cognitive personality psychology
can someone use multiple approaches to explore personality? or are they mutually exclusive?
correct answers - yes
- eclectic approach
- multiple perspectives are useful because one approach cannot sufficiently explain all of
personality
what is the psychological triad? correct answers how people feel, think, & behave
according to McAdams, what are the 3 levels of analysis for exploring psychology? correct
answers 1. dispositional traits
2. characteristic adaptations
3. life story/ narrative
, dispositional traits correct answers - person's general tendencies
characteristic adaptations correct answers - humans are "social actors"
- "we are what we pretend to be, must be careful"
situational factors & traits are influential
- free will? determinism?
- ex) leo decaprio
- goals, motives, life plans, beliefs, values, morals
- what is important to you right now?
TAKE AWAY MESSAGE:
- traits are static***
- personality is dynamic***
life story/ narrative correct answers - our personal mythology
- perceptions vs reality
- anticipated future (ideal self vs actual self) (possible self vs probable self)
- constantly evolving
- get data through interviews/ questionnaires
what is pigeonholing? how is/ isn't is problematic as it relates to personality psych? correct
answers - emphasis on categorization & how individuals are different from one another
- problematic???
- some people are uncomfortable with this emphasis on categorization bc implausible,
undignified, or both
- can work in either direction, according to Funder's 1st law
- people are different, & it is necessary as well as natural to wonder how & why
what is the difference btw an agency event and a communion event? correct answers agency:
- efforts to expand, assert, perfect & protect self
- mastery, status, achievement, responsibility, empowerment
- ex) the founder (mcdonalds movie)
communion:
- efforts to form bond
- love/ friendship, dialogue, caring/ help, unity/ togetherness
what is BLIS data? correct answers B- behavioral observations
L- life outcomes
I- informants reports
S- self reports
B data correct answers behavioral data:
- information that is carefully & systematically recorded from direct observation
- diaries, EARs (recorders)
